Japan - Tanto - Japanese sword - 19th century

Japon - Tanto - Sabre Japonais - XIXème 2

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Japan - 19th century

Tanto - Japanese Sword

Tanto with genuine traditional hand-forged blade from the late Edo period (first half of the 19th century).
Signed MASAMITSU, Traces of oxidation on the blade.

Tsuba with a pattern of stylized waves or autumn grasses, characteristic of the EDO period. Menuki depicts an eggplant, which is an auspicious motif.

The sheath covered with ray or shark skin, with a damaged end.

Overall dimensions 52.5 cm Blade 20.5 cm

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Edo : (1603 – 1868). Sometimes refered as Tokugawa period, is the period of the Tokugawa shogunate.The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The period is named after the name of the capital of the shogunate, nowdays Tokyo

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